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Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Shrines of Gaiety about?
The #1 national bestselling, award-winning author of Life after Life transports us to a restless London in the wake of the Great War—a city fizzing with money, glamour, and corruption—in this spellbinding tale of seduction and betrayal. 1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters, and girls sell dances for a shilling a time. The notorious queen of this glittering world is Nellie Coker, ruthless but also ambitious to advance her six children, including the enigmatic eldest, Niven, whose character has been forged in the crucible of the Somme. But success breeds enemies, and Nellie’s empire faces threats from without and within. For beneath the dazzle of Soho’s gaiety, there is a dark underbelly, a world in which it is all too easy to...
Who reads Shrines of Gaiety?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Kate Atkinson
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Women'S Fiction
- Rating
- 4.1 / 5 (7,111 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14